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A Cleaner Source: The StayClean Ion Source
How much money are you spending on cleaning your ion source without even realizing it? LECO’s StayClean® Ion Source virtually never needs to be cleaned.
The TGA: Macro And Micro
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) first started in the early 20th century, and while the technology has advanced, the basic principles remain the same. With TGA, the rate of change of reactions in the chemical and physical properties of materials as functions of temperature or time is what is used to assess the properties of the sample materials. […]
Determining a Full Field of Carbon and Nitrogen with the 828 Series
All aspects of your fields are important to crop success, from soil to fertilizer to plant tissue. Learn how the determination of Carbon and Nitrogen can be done with LECO’s 828 Series
Microplastics: Seeing the Details with GCxGC
Microplastics are a growing environmental concern, but it takes more than a standard instrument to see what is actually in your samples
Metallographic Imaging Calibrations
Calibration advice for metallographic video measurement systems and eyepiece reticle micrometers.
Determining Total and Soluble Protein with the FP828
Learn how LECO’s FP828 can be used to determine protein content, and why it is important to determine both total (crude) and soluble protein concentration.
Folded Flight Path: Ten Years of High Resolution
LECO is celebrating ten years of the Folded Flight Path! Learn more about this revolutionary breakthrough for high-resolution TOF technology!
Cataloging Success
LECO’s Inorganic Supply Catalog has been refreshed and reformatted to make ordering new parts easier than ever before.
Sensational Syrup: Quantifying the Effect of Bourbon-Aging with GCxGC and ChromaTOF Tile
LECO’s ChromaTOF Tile software was used to find the differences between bourbon-aged and regular maple syrup: those both hidden and visible.
Focusing on the Field of View
Microscopic standards are moving away from magnification. Learn about the importance of Field of View when dealing with sample measurements.
Measured Science: A LECO Podcast
Hear from Dave Coulston, LECO’s former Corporate Metallurgist, on the past, present, and future of metallography on LECO’s podcast: Measured Science
Automated Analysis with bilacon and the TGA801
German-based lab bilacon uses LECO’s TGA801 to automate and improve their lab productivity.
Discovering DDT: How GCxGC is uncovering an environmental disaster
DDT contamination from illegal dumping off the California coast has been discovered in part due to the deconvolution capabilities of GCxGC technology.
The Past and Future of Glow Discharge: 50 Years of the Grimm Lamp
Read more about the evolution of Grimm lamp technology and how it still applies today in our poster: “The Grimm Source at Fifty: In Glow Discharge Spectroscopy, It Still Starts with the Lamp”.
LECO Analytical Applications Poster Competition
Learn more about the winners of our LECO Analytical Applications Poster Competition 2020-2021!
LECO adds Hydrogen to the 828 Series
The 828 series now can analyze hydrogen as well as carbon and nitrogen for one instrument that can do your petrochemical analysis with a single sample.
Using GCxGC to see MOSH and MOAH
MOSH/MOAH contamination is a growing threat. Learn how the Pegasus BT 4D’s GCxGC-TOFMS methodology can be used to more accurately identify contaminants.
Thermogravimetrically Testing Biomass
Learn how the TGA801 can be used for thermogravimetric analysis on alfalfa plants.
The Science of Gas Chromatography
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) is analysis that uses gas to separate substances to identify the mass of analytes within a scientific sample.